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Plaque Jones V.C. 1900 St. John the Baptist

Reference

A10.10

Place

ALNMOUTH

Map ref

NU245105

Original Location

St. John the Baptist Church,
Northumberland Street

Present Location

In store

Which war

South Africa 1899-1902

Memorial Description

Plaque 8 inches high x 18 inches wide (208mm x 457mm). There is a patterned border, with a Tudor rose outlined in red in each corner. The lettering is black with red initials to the name, using Gothic lettering throughout.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

In memory of
Robert James Thomas Digby Jones, V.C.
Lieutenant Royal Engineers
Seabank School, Alnmouth, 1887-1890.
Killed in action at Ladysmith while gallantly leading his men
in the defence of Wagon Hill on 6th January 1900
Erected by his Scots School Fellows at Alnmouth.

Names

See above

Who commissioned

Schoolfellows

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Mrs. A. and M. Jackel and Co., 32 George Street, Edinburgh.

Notes

1. This was originally in a "coffee Room" which was turned into a vestry. It seems that the two plaques which commemorated the Boer War (A10.08 and A10.10) were removed at that time and stored with the possible intention of placing them back at some stage which hasn't happened yet.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: Janet Brown

4th Royal Warwickshire Regiment For remembrance and in honour of those who lost their lives in the South African War 1899-1902. James Gildea, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1911.

External web link

A website on Lieutenant Jones

Alnmouth War Memorials

Research acknowledgements

Janet Brown; Tony Harding; Rev. Ian MacKarill

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